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SubjectRe: [PATCH] HP iLO driver
H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Altobelli, David wrote:
>>> Wouldn't /dev/hpilo/ccbN be a more appropriate namespace?
>>
>> Yes, that would be more clear. The code is currently defined to a
>> maximum of 1 hardware device, but this could change, and the dev path
>> should probably reflect that.
>>
>> How do you feel about /dev/hpiloX/ccbN, where X is 0, 1, ...
>> Num_Devices-1?
>
> I'd rather see /dev/hpilo/dXcY, the point being to try to declutter the
> /dev root.

For a case when there will be only one, or, in very rare theoretical
case, two devices, why bother in the first place? A subdirectory
containing only one node is more ugly.. ;)

/mjt


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